Costs, quality and scalability: Impact on the value chain of electric engine production

Recent years have seen an increasing attention in electric vehicles. But due to high prices, there is only a moderate customer acceptance and market penetration. Companies need to build up new competencies to be able to develop and produce competitive electric vehicles. Moreover, a concentration on either cost or quality will not be sufficient to make electric mobility attractive to customers and to obtain sustainable success. Therefore, companies in the field of electric mobility production have to lead in both: cost and quality. This paper focuses on the electric engine production, the emerging costs, the influences on the customer value and the scalability of production processes.